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Caruso Family Financial Advisors (CFFA) LLC

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Client assets under management

$24,503,091

Clients

53

34% high-net-worth

Advisors

2

of 2 employees

Firm type

Supported

1-4 advisors or >$200M in AUM

Clients per advisor

27

Low

Average account size

$462,322

About

The firm advises individuals (including high‑net‑worth households), pension and profit‑sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities, providing ongoing portfolio management and pension consulting services. It prepares individualized investment policy statements and manages accounts on both a discretionary and non‑discretionary basis for a client base of roughly 50 clients with about $24.5 million in assets under management.

CFFA employs a mix of analytical approaches — charting, cyclical, fundamental, modern portfolio theory, quantitative and technical analysis — and implements long‑term, short‑term and options strategies, including covered and uncovered options. The firm typically allocates among mutual funds, ETFs (including precious‑metals ETFs), REITs, annuities and inflation‑linked bonds and may use model allocations together with client‑specific recommendations tied to each client’s risk tolerance and time horizon.

Noteworthy distinctions include the availability of performance‑based fee arrangements for qualified clients that incorporate a hurdle and a high‑water‑mark mechanism, a feature that is uncommon among similar supported firms. The firm also requires clients to custody assets at specified platforms (MoneyBlock and Charles Schwab Advisor Services) and discloses adviser registration as broker‑dealer representatives, insurance licensing, and certain family members’ outside business activities as potential conflicts that it documents for clients.

Client services

Portfolio management Pension consulting

Expertise

Options & derivatives strategies Real estate investing Annuities

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Fee options

Commissions

Compensation received for sale of investment products including asset-based sales charges or service fees from mutual funds; commissions from broker-dealer activities.

Performance-based

Annual management fee of 2.00% of assets under management plus 20.00% performance fee on capital appreciation with an 8% annual hurdle rate and high water mark.

Main office location

Caruso Family Financial Advisors (CFFA) LLC

4990 Speak Lane, Suite 280

San Jose CA 95118, United States

Number of offices

1

Most active in

California

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

Advisors at this firm

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Marialisa C

Series 65

San Jose, CA

Caruso Family Financial Advisors (CFFA) LLC

Marialisa Caruso is a financial advisor at Caruso Family Financial Advisors (CFFA) LLC in San Jose, CA, with five years of industry experience. She holds the Series 65 designation and has been with CFFA since 2020. Outside of her advisory role, she works as a model and actress with Halvorson Model Management and serves as a front desk and bridal consultant at Trudys Brides and Special Occasions. Caruso Family Financial Advisors provides portfolio management and pension consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, and business entities. The firm manages approximately $15.4 million across about 50 client accounts, using a combination of fundamental, quantitative, technical, and modern portfolio theory analyses to guide discretionary asset allocation and offers performance-based fee arrangements for qualified clients.

Options & derivatives strategies Real estate investing Annuities
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Anthony C

Series 66

San Jose, CA

Caruso Family Financial Advisors (CFFA) LLC

Anthony Caruso is a financial advisor at Caruso Family Financial Advisors (CFFA) LLC in San Jose, CA, with 13 years of industry experience. He holds the Series 66 designation and has worked at firms including Lightpath Capital, Inc. and Whitehall-Parker Securities, Inc. since 2019. Caruso serves as CEO and Chief Compliance Officer of CFFA. Caruso Family Financial Advisors provides portfolio management and pension consulting services to individuals, pension plans, charitable organizations, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $15.4 million across 50 client accounts, employing a mix of fundamental, quantitative, technical, and modern portfolio theory analyses with discretionary management and monthly reviews.

Options & derivatives strategies Real estate investing Annuities
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